Alain
Alain is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 998th, in 1985.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198892 births
- Best rank
- #998in 1985
- Since 1942
- 3,936people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,936 boys have been named Alain in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 92 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1980s alone account for 19%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 1988, its biggest year
Alain was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1988 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Alain
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brandtpeak 2007
- Kendellpeak 1990
- Efrainpeak 1993
- Jeanpierrepeak 1997
- Brittonpeak 2006
- Rogeliopeak 2005
- Christonpeak 1998
- Artemiopeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.